As the Outside Temperate Goes Down,use of Home Heating Oil

question 33

Multiple Choice

As the outside temperate goes down,use of home heating oil in New England goes up.This relationship between temperature and heating oil use is an example of a

• A) positive correlation.
• B) negative correlation.
• C) zero correlation.
• D) reverse causal relationship.

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